USA goalie is ‘secretary of defense’ on Wikipedia

People are celebrating Team USA's incredible gold medal win over Team Canada in women's ice hockey by editing Wikipedia, which is a fun recent sports tradition.

U.S. goalie Maddie Rooney has now replaced Jim Mattis as the United States Secretary of Defense after making the gold-clinching save:

Or she's the new Prime Minister of Canada:

Then there are some folks calling Canada's Jocelye Laroque a "sore loser" after she pulled her silver medal off right away:

And per Reddit, someone edited the Team Canada page to say the women's hockey team would now wear "Stars and Stripes."

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